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Krzysztof Apt elected as Member of the Academia Europaea
Prof. dr. Krzysztof Apt (CWI and Universiteit van Amsterdam) has been elected as Member of the Academia Europaea in the Informatics Section on April 26, 2006. This section has 66 members of …
First .nl domain cwi.nl celebrates 20th anniversary
The first .nl domain in the Netherlands, 'cwi.nl' of the Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam, celebrates its 20th anniversary on May 1, 2006. On April 25, 1986, CWI took …
Better train planning with mathematical models
Better planning for trains with mathematical models - this is the subject of the dissertation of Gabor Maroti of the Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI). Maroti studied several optimization models for …
Peter Boncz nominated for ICTRegie Award 2006
On Monday 10 April 2006, during the opening of the Kennismarkt of the ICT Kennis Congress in Amsterdam, the Minister of Education, Culture and Science Maria van der Hoeven, announced the three …
Mathematics to reveal atomic structure wins first Philips Mathematics Prize
Can physicists obtain a 3D image of the positions of all individual atoms inside tiny crystals?
CWI rated 'excellent' in evaluation
The Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI) is rated 'excellent' by an international evaluation committee. The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research NWO announced this in a press release on March 15, 2006. …
Jan Karel Lenstra: 'We need a Minister for Science and Technology'
Jan Karel Lenstra, general director of CWI, pleaded for a Minister of Science and Technology in his speech during the festivities of the 60th anniversary of the Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, …
First Van Wijngaarden Awards for Lynch and Diaconis
Computer scientist Nancy Lynch and mathematician-magician Persi Diaconis were awarded the first two Van Wijngaarden Awards during the celebration of CWI's 60th anniversary on February 9, 2006. Some 250 guests - scientists, …
